BDay 11/17 - Still celebrating 🥳
OMG what a blast!!!! Thank you my friends for taking out the time! I had an ABSOLUTE blast with you ladies tonight....thankful to call you my friends 💕 my cheeks are sore from allllllllll the laughs!!! @soldbysommer@ajewels64

not every day on the trail is sunshine, rainbows and epic lens flares. sometimes, the trail is the worst 🤷🏼‍♀️ what should have been a quick, golden hour jaunt became an exhausting, sweaty excursion 😓 every step of the way - from the overcrowded parking lot, to our miscalculation in the temperature, we just couldn’t seem to hit our stride, and it’s lingered on my mind ever since 😞 hiking is my escape, my form of meditation, my centering - so when i leave a trail more wound up than i began its especially frustrating. we hiked that trail over a month ago and i still think about all the negatives - it was hot, we were sweaty, the bugs were annoying, there were too many people on the trail... but then today, i was looking back through images i took on that hike and i could see our progression from start to finish. it reminded me of what was most important: we finished it. sure, it’s not a particularly long or difficult hike on a normal day, but through all the roadblocks and the annoyances the day threw at us, we finished it. maybe this is my thursday night meditation class talking buuut, THAT is what makes the trail truly magical to me ✨ sun flares, epic vistas and peace and quiet are lovely 😊 but the reflection and growth that sticks with you afterwards is what it’s really all about 💯 so, with that said, i think i’m at peace with temescal canyon again... for now 😉🙏🏻
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#hikeology#amateuradventurer#picsofmarkwalking#hike#hiking#hikela#hiker#temescalcanyon#temescal#temescalcanyontrail#temescalcanyonpark#hikelife#visitla#visitcalifornia#hikecalifornia#santamonicamountains#santamonica#pacificpalisades#temescalcanyonloop#trailmagic#sonyalpha#sonya7ii#sonyalphasclub

For all those coffee & tea peeps out there,
the @hydroflask coffee mug is a great addition to their cup collection.
FYI, collecting mugs and water bottles is a thing!
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Don’t let Sassquatch sneak up on the campsite in the dark. Light up woods with
@petzl Tikka Headlamp!
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Jack Frost is spreading the love with kisses. OUCH!
Keeps lips protected with @freshbeauty Sugar Lip Treatment -
For the National Park lOVERS,
the NP Passport @nationalparkservice is the perfect gift to collect stamps from their travels to the parks.
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For the ladies who pop a squat in the woods, leave the TP behind!
@kulacloth The Original Next-Level Pee Cloth is a MUST have. -
Protect the Tootsie’s!
@darntoughvermont has the hike appeal that the we like!
From design, colors and comfort, these are the socks should have a home in every sock drawer. -
No pumping and squeezing and filling, OH MY!
@lifestraw let’s you filter water and safely sip straight from the stream.
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Let the day dreamer dream through bold fairytale colors of landscapes in
@drawntohighplaces 2019 calendar. It’s so captivating that anyone would rush out the
door to experience these places for themselves.
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Don’t let your loved one get brain freeze, that’s not nice.
@smartwool Merino 250 Beanie will forsure keep the noggin toasty.
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4727:44 PM Dec 10, 2018

The holiday season is in full swing! Here are some gift idea’s for that special womenfolk in your life!
These are just some of our CHO’s @rach1717 fav’s and they’re all under 30 bucks! Hooray!
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Jack Frost is spreading the love with kisses. OUCH!
Keeps lips protected with @freshbeauty Sugar Lip Treatment -
For the ladies who pop a squat in the woods, leave the TP behind!
@kulacloth The Original Next-Level Pee Cloth is a MUST have. -
For the National Park lOVERS,
the NP Passport @nationalparkservice is the perfect gift to collect stamps from their travels to the parks.
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For all those coffee & tea peeps out there,
the @hydroflask coffee mug is a great addition to their cup collection.
FYI, collecting mugs and water bottles is a thing!
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When creativity calls you must be prepared.
@moleskine classic notebook is a great way to capture those outdoor memories…Don’t forget the pen!
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A hiking scarf will for sure do the trick to keep comfortably warm.
@gap has fantastic selection of colors and material that will suit anyone. Plus they run their 40% - 50% off your entire purchase for most of the month of December.
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Protect the Tootsie’s!
@darntoughvermont has the hike appeal that the ladies like!
From design, colors and comfort, these are the socks should have a home in every sock drawer. -
We don’t have any sponsorship with any of these brands but we love these items because they just rock!!

The time is approaching to make camping reservations for the summer. My family and I are trying to figure out where to take a family camping trip next year. This year’s family camping trip was so fun that we wanted to make it an annual thing. Utah and California are the states on the list for national parks we want to visit, but we want to see everything, making it hard to choose.
Regardless of where we go I’m excited for next year’s trips.
Who else is thinking about getting out and visiting one of America’s great outdoor wonders?
#beautahful#archesnationalpark#lifeelevated#moab#familycampingtrip#exploreutah#utahunique

New Mexico has been on my mind a lot lately. We visited two years ago and we loved it. Santa Fe and the pueblos surrounding it are so full of culture and of course, food! We liked it so much we said we had to return and that’s why it’s been on my mind. I want to go back and visit and explore more of what it had to offer and eat my way through it too!
#newmexico#santafe#albuquerque#newmexicofood

Just taking my daily stroll and fell in love with this tree 🌳 There is beauty all around if we choose to observe it 😍 #NatureLovers

55111:28 PM Nov 26, 2018

I’ve been feeling very anxious lately. If you live with anxiety you know what that feels like, the heart palpitations, the shallow breath, the tightness in the chest, the paralyzing fear, the intrusive thoughts that play like a reel in your mind, and the feeling of hopelessness. Anxiety is all consuming and overwhelming.
I have to constantly be using tools to keep anxiety at bay or at a minimum. Sometimes though, something will trigger it and I won’t anticipate it. It’s tiring trying to live with an anxiety disorder. Because I’ve been feeling so anxious and overwhelmed I’ve been missing the outdoors. I have to confess we haven’t been doing so good with getting out in the last couple weeks. Hiking helps me alleviate my anxiety.
I guess the road to recovery isn’t always linear nor short.
#mentalhealth#deadhorsepoint#utah#lifeelevated#roadtorecovery

I somehow let this page become all about nature and hiking. I think it was because the last year I was so focused on achieving hiking goals and using hiking as a form of therapy.
Truth is that my life consists of so much more, like being a mom all the time, reading or listening to audiobooks, drinking coffee, cooking most days, cleaning, learning photography and of course hiking, camping, and road tripping.
My instagram will begin to reflect that now and I hope you’ll continue to follow.
#liveauthentically#momentsofmine#posttheordinary